2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tambo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tambo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Tambo than in the rest of the state, with 35.8% of households consisting of just one person. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the national figure, making the area stand out from most similar regions.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tambo — lower than 76% of areas.
| Tambo | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4478, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Tambo has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person homes, which make up 35.8% of all households.
35.8% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tambo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.2% of families, while those without children account for 41.7%. One-parent families represent 13.9% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
13.9% ▲ +56.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Tambo splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 14%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Tambo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32730/tambo/topic/family-households